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To: Giordano Bruno who wrote (4177)2/10/2008 10:02:40 PM
From: Real Man  Respond to of 71442
 
Nah, just who's Prechter. <g> I have a few smart friends
working on the street of Wall, but maybe literally there after this
January, afraid to call -ng- Such breakdowns in the markets
are usually largely negative for the robots.



To: Giordano Bruno who wrote (4177)2/11/2008 12:02:48 AM
From: Real Man  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 71442
 
I'd really love to know exactly how OTC derivatives markets
operate, but I never worked in a derivative group in a bank.
Somehow I don't think it's Ben and Hank sitting in the back
room pressing a button, like some gold bugs lead us to believe,
it's definitely something else. I heard of 12 folks with PhD-s
running Trillions of notional value for BAC, for example -g-

How do banks hedge risk in illiquid markets? What about
counterparty risk?